Search Results: Non-Fiction from Charity Bookstall

Ebook Bakery, 2023. Private Press; March 2023 The book is copyright 2017; this is likely a print-on-demand copy. 8vo size trade paperback; 222 pages From back cover: "Life in our 70s presents unique challenges as anyone already in or nearing that decade well knows. That's why readers of (this book) frequently find themselves nodding in recognition. In this book, based on her popular blog that The New York Times described as "quietly dramatic," (the author) shares often tender, inevitably wise, and frequently humorous insights into life during her eighth decade. Kugel describes her sense of loss on leaving her work community after thirty-three years at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and her successful quest for an engaging retirement. Her candid descriptions of married life, parenting, health issues, and friendships offer a sensitive look at how aging shapes our relationships. Kugel's scope is broad. Enjoy her take on travel, food, and exercise.… Read More

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1962. Some light crease on cover, edgewear, half inch tear to top of cover, chipped corner. 128 tanned pages. This book was written prior to the legalization of abortion and answers many of the questions people had about abortion at that time. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Perennial Library, 1973. 162 pages with wear to cover, crease on front cover, tanned page margins. From back: "In his controversial book Deschooling Society Ivan Illich advocated the total disestablishment of educational systems since they only perpetuate the evils of the established order." Contributors include Herbert Gintis, Colin Greer, Sumner M. Rosen, Judson Jerome, Arthur Pearl, Roy P. Fairfield, Maxine Greene, Neil Postman and Ronald Gross. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Arlington, Massachusetts: Royalston Press, 2003. 4to size hardcover with dust jacket; 144 glossy pages profusely illustrated with photographs. Colored endpapers are also photo illustrated. Green clothbound hardcover under jacket has bright gilt titles and large embossed seal on front cover. From jacket: "A bicycle ride, a picnic, a farmer singing Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep - thus begins the Aloha story. It was 1898 when the young couple, Edward and Harriet Gulick, purchased a modest cottage, now Aloha's Main House, a began summering with their son and three daughters by the shore of Lake Morey...the idea of a special summer community for girls was born. Over time, this idea grew and grew and it now enriches the lives of thousands of girls and boys and men and women every year at the programs of Aloha Camp, Aloha Hive, Lanakila, the Hulbert Outdoor Center and Horizons Day Camp... Look closely at William Mercer's photography - at the laughter, the hugs, the exuberance, and the… Read More

London: Edward Arnold, 1972. 180 pages with owners name and price on fep. A couple scuffed areas on outside spine, bumped lower corners. One page has very small pen mark in margin. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hawaii: Island Style Press, 1998. 8vo size trade paperback; 182 pages. From back: "best explanation of the controversy that swirled around the American move to annex the Hawaiian islands in the late 19th century." Contents include: Opposition at the Close of Harrison's Administration Cleveland's Withdrawal of the Treaty from the Senate Opposition from American Sugar Interests The Defeat of Anti-Annexationists Wear and edgewear to covers, creased spine. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1966. Ex-library with typical treatments. Owners label and price on fep. Decorative green cloth cover in great conditon. 200 pages with some black and white charts. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Boston: Little Brown, 1991. Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition, 5th printing 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 378 pages including index From dust jacket: "A Bold Call for a New Attitude by and toward American Jews Chutzpah, says (prominent law professor Alan Dershowitz) is 'boldness, assertiveness, a willingness to demand what is due, to defy tradition, to challenge authority, to raise eyebrows.' Assessing his life experiences, specific cases, and historic causes, he brings to bear all the chutzpah for which he is famous in examining anew such crucial issues as anti-Semitism, assimilation, the Holocaust, Zionism, the civil rights movement, the polarization of the American right and left (and more.)" Dust jacket has taped repairs, small tears and light soil. There is light soil on outside pages; spine is slightly cocked. . Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1918. 380 lightly tanned pages, followed by section of publisher's advertisements; owners page and price on fep; number on inside back cover; bumped corners and top and bottom of spine; some black and white charts. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944. One of 20 volumes in the Current Problems series edited by Sir Ernest Barker 12mo size blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 168 lightly toned pages. From jacket: Two of the fundamental factors touching relationships among large and small countries - Communications and Defence - have been irrevocably altered by the invention of the aeroplane and the tank..." Contents include: Colonial Empires in Their World Setting The Policies of the Colonising Powers Colonial Conditions Constitutions, Development, and Welfare The Future of the Colonies Dust jacket has wear and tear including some small tears and chipping. Pencilled price on fep. While this book was being written, what is perhaps the largest attempt at colonization was occurring - World War II. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Cloth. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boulder, CO: Waterview Press Signed and inscribed on fep by co-author Paul Grogan. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 285 pages From jacket: (This book) shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nations urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Rather, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem-solving." Bottom front corner and top back corner of jacket and book are bumped; tiny nick to top of jacket spine and light soil on back of jacket; very light mark on outside pages. . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Werner Shaw Ltd., 1986. First Edition 8vo size brown clothbound hardcover; 224 page with index. From jacket: "After three years of sharing a house in London's St. John's Wood with a moody, elderly Russian who was translating Tchekhov. Barbara Kaye and her husband Percy Muir moved in 1938 to a Tudor cottage in north-west Essex, in joyful anticipation of at last having a home to themselves. Whilst she coped with a young daughter, domestic crises, garden and chickens - and tried to write a novel - he commuted to London to carry on his antiquarian book business in Duke Street." Percy Muir (1894 - 1979) was a prominent antiquarian bookseller with the Elkins Matthews firm and author of several books related to book collecting. Barbara Kaye Muir (1908 - 1998) was an English novelist. She and Percy Muir married in 1937. Kaye was also involved in Elkins Matthews. She also wrote several memoirs, including this one. Jacket covered by mylar (not ex-library.) Booksellers… Read More

Cohasset, Massachusetts: Hot House Press, 2002. 295 bright, white pages. Small wrinkle to back of dust jacket and several bumped pages at the back of book. Illustrated with black and white ads, illustrations and photographs. "Copywriter chronicles an advertising man's journey from Young Turk to scarred veteran - with pit stops and side trips along the way...Ray Welch mixes two parts outrageous humor with a healthy spalsh of self-deprecation." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper Collins, 1997. Flat Signed by author on title page Stated first edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 302 pages including index. From dust jacket: " Though it comes as little surprise that one out of every two modern marriages end in divorce, here's a lesser known fact: 75 percent of those divorces are initiated by wives.... Cutting Loose is an upbeat and inspiring book for and about women who feel trapped in unsatisfying relationships and want out." Autographed sticker on dust jacket; bumped heel of spine; edgewear and light wear to dust jacket; bumped top corner of dust jacket, small spot of soil on top of book. The front jacket fold is not sharp. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper Collins, 1997. Small 8vo size trade paperback; 262 pages. From fep: "A deeply thoughtful and important collection of essays from 12 eminent African American writers, scholars, and legal professionals on the often-divided loyalties of blacks working in the "white man's system." For many Americans the O.J. Simpson trial brought home the sometimes stark differences in whites' and blacks' perceptions of American justice. It also highlighted the painful dilemma of black prosecutors like Christopher Darden, who was labeled an Uncle Tom for trying to put a black icon in jail. (This book) explores this divided loyalty both inside and outside the justice system - from the black juror who wonders if she can put one more black man in jail for a petty crime to the black professional who is disparaged from becoming 'too white'." The authors are: Paul Butler Betty DeRamus Stanley Crouch Ellis Cose Marcia Ann Gillespie Elijah Anderson Andrea Ford… Read More

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980. 251 bright, white pages. Contents include: Resources in Seafloor Manganese Nodules The Role of Deepsea Mining in the Future Supply of Metals Effects of Deepsea Mining on International Markets for Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese The Potential for Increased Use of Manganese in the Metals Industry Ocean Mining Policy: A Dynamic Approach; more. We note only minor wear to jacket. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1965. 171 glossy pages with black and white photographs and diagrams. Ex-library with some markings and sealed. Dewey lable on spine, bookplate inside front cover, name on fep; spot on last page where card probably removed. Edgewear. Stain on border inside front and back cover. Bumped top front corner. Chip on side. Light soil to covers. Two pages have "x's" in the margins, one page has ink smudges. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1974. Ex-library with typical treatments; edgewear and scuffing to covers; sticker on front cover, rough wear where Dewey label was removed. 213 clean pages. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Anchor Books, 1968. 349 unmarked pages. Name inside front cover. Light wear to covers. From back: "This is a handbook on United States foreign policy for Americans who are concerned and critical about our world-wide involvements, but who lack background on the nations and the issues at stake." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: World Publishing Company, 1971. 263 pages in good condition with wear to dust jacket including little chipping at top of spine and faded spine, light shelf soil to jacket, spot on bottom and pen marks on dusty top. From jacket: "This book tells things as they are, not as they should be. It was written by a lawyer, not a crusader. I am convinced that to tell the truth, no matter how unpalatable, is to render a service to the hundreds of thousands of people who turn to divorce in search of a 'way out' they seldom find." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.